Posts From 2017

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December 2017
(2017-12-05) Meanwhile launching on Steam on January 17th

5 comments (latest 2018-01-16)

m37, unity, meanwhile, comics, interactive fiction, steam, jason shiga, if
(2017-12-04) Zarf life updates

2 comments (latest 16 hours later)

m37, unity, zarfplan, spirit ai, jobs, comics, interactive fiction, steam, jason shiga, if
October 2017
(2017-10-09) Thaumistry: design ruminations

6 comments (latest 3 hours later)

thaumistry, parser, infocom, interactive fiction, protagonist, tads, steam, if, bob bates
September 2017
(2017-09-17) Meanwhile: now in development for Mac and Windows

m37, unity, meanwhile, skia, comics, steam, jason shiga, skiasharp
(2017-09-10) Aporia: design ruminations

2 comments (latest 3 hours later)

reviews, ruminations, exploration, ico, puzzles, wordless narrative, shadow of the colossus, frictional monster, aporia, myst, genre dissonance
(2017-09-01) Late Mysterium news roundup

2 comments (latest 5 days later)

mysterium, cyan, obduction, myst, rand miller, ryan warzecha, greydragon
August 2017
(2017-08-30) Your load is too heavy: Zork deep reading

11 comments (latest 2018-07-15)

zork, infocom, design, source code, interactive fiction, inventory, if
(2017-08-28) Using SkiaSharp in Unity

14 comments (latest 2022-04-29)

c#, unity, vectors, skia, dll hell, skiasharp
(2017-08-27) System's Twilight emulator packages

7 comments (latest 2020-09-27)

nostalgia, system's twilight, puzzles, interactive fiction, cliff johnson, if, emulators
(2017-08-25) Two-word parser, 1966 AD

2 comments (latest 2 days later)

nasa, dsky, verb, noun, apollo, history
(2017-08-24) Eclipse report

1 comment (23 hours later)

hunter s. thompson, lightning, cave, ice cream, thunderstorms, road trips, missouri, eclipse
(2017-08-14) System's Twilight design notes from 1994

1 comment (2 hours later)

nostalgia, system's twilight, notes, puzzles, design, interactive fiction, eclipses, if
(2017-08-01) Nouns: a new tiny Twine game

they might be giants, twine, interactive fiction, nouns, if, nanobots
July 2017
(2017-07-10) On the centralization of IF services

1 comment (6 days later)

nonprofit, planning, ifcomp, ifarchive, interactive fiction, if, iftf
(2017-07-02) Hadean Lands and Leadlight Gamma bundle sale

itch, leadlight gamma, hadean lands, wade clarke, interactive fiction, if
June 2017
(2017-06-19) Tough mobile puzzle games

2 comments (latest 1 day later)

monument valley, reviews, puzzles, euclidean lands, raster prime, 4d toys, cosmic express, yankai's triangle
(2017-06-18) The combat-free environmental-survival MMORPG

10 comments (latest 8 days later)

epic loot, design, non-combat, myst online, uru, atitd, seltani, mmo
(2017-06-04) Rime: design ruminations

reviews, ruminations, ico, journey, wordless narrative, shadow of the colossus, walking simulators, rime, text, climbing
May 2017
(2017-05-27) I'm shifting my bloggery to blog.zarfhome.com

1 comment (1 day later)

zarfplan, zarf, interactive fiction, zarfhome, the gameshelf, blog, if
(2017-05-22) Hadean Lands release 2.1.0

interactive fiction, hadean lands, steam, lectrote, if
(2017-05-15) The history of Glk!

interactive fiction, bangbangcon, if, glk
(2017-05-09) Making navigation work

2 comments (latest 3 hours later)

hadean lands, navigation, maps, design, interactive fiction, vignettes, seltani, frostrune, if, myst, submachine
February 2017
(2017-02-25) IFTF's Adoptable Technology Archive

nonprofit, open source, interactive fiction, if, iftf, interpreters
(2017-02-12) Text in spaaaace: FTL, Out There, Voyageur

9 comments (latest 2 days later)

reviews, ruminations, procedural content, out there, interactive fiction, text, voyageur, if, ftl
(2017-02-06) My Secret Hideout: now available on Itch.IO

interactive fiction, if, itch.io, my secret hideout, backwards compatibility
January 2017
(2017-01-11) More 2017 IGF nominees

1 comment (11 hours later)

reviews, interactive fiction, igf, if, gdc, rusty lake, roots, able black, neptune flux, she who fights monsters, islands: non-places, code 7, mu cartographer, inside, burly men at sea, a normal lost phone
(2017-01-09) 2017 IGF nominees: my comments

reviews, one night stand, gdc, narrative, interactive fiction, igf, structure, 1979 revolution black friday, orwell, ladykiller in a bind, virginia, if, event 0